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Table III - Tensile Strength and Vertical Fiber Defect (VFD)
Determinations on Preservation Test I leather samples

                       Test                         Control
                ___________________________   __________________________
                    Tensile                      Tensile  
 Sample             Strength     Fiber           Strength      Fiber     
                    (p.s.i.)     Condition       (p.s.i.)      Condition 



    1                   n           n               n               n
    2                  
    3                 1210         VFD              n               n
    4                  925         VFD              n               n
    5                 1320         VFD              n             I VFD
    6                   n           n               n               n
    7                   n           n               n               n
    8                   n           n               n               n
    9                   n           n               n               n
    10                  n           n               n               n
    11                  n           n               n               n
    12                  n           n               n               n
    13                  n           n               n               n
    14                  n           n               n               n
    15                 730         VFD              675            VFD
    16                  n         I VFD             1880          I VFD
    17                  n           n               n               n
    18                  n           n               n               n
    19                 995         VFD              1065  VFD
    20                  n           n               n               n
*n represents the normal range of tensile strength, which is between 2500 and 3500 p.s.i.
I VFD represents intermediate vertical fiber defect condition in the collagen fibers.

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